Sri Lanka

National power in Sri Lanka

National power in Sri Lanka: 0.09% of world capability in 1948 and 0.31% of world capability in 2022, by Correlates of War estimates.

Latest, 2022
0.31% of world capability
Since 1948
+0.22 percentage points
Rank, 2022
47 of 195
counting from the highest

% of world capability · Correlates of War

National power in Sri LankaNational power in Sri Lanka: 0.09% of world capability in 1948 and 0.31% of world capability in 2022, by Correlates of War estimates. The highest was 0.33% of world capability in 2019, the lowest 0.08% of world capability in 1956.
Estimates, Correlates of War

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 0.33% of world capability in 2019, the lowest 0.08% of world capability in 1956.

Every year

% of world capability · Correlates of War

YearSri Lanka
20220.31
20210.32
20200.32
20190.33
20180.32
20170.29
20160.22
20150.21
20140.21
20130.21
20120.21
20110.22
20100.21
20090.2
20080.21
20070.21
20060.17
20050.17
20040.18
20030.2
20020.21
20010.19
20000.18
19990.17
19980.18
19970.18
19960.18
19950.17
19940.17
19930.17
19920.17
19910.16
19900.1
19890.1
19880.1
19870.1
19860.11
19850.1
19840.1
19830.1
19820.1
19810.1
19800.1
19790.1
19780.1
19770.1
19760.1
19750.1
19740.1
19730.1
19720.1
19710.09
19700.09
19690.09
19680.08
19670.08
19660.08
19650.08
19640.08
19630.08
19620.08
19610.08
19600.08
19590.08
19580.08
19570.08
19560.08
19550.08
19540.08
19530.08
19520.08
19510.09
19500.09
19490.09
19480.09

Good to know

  • The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
  • Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
  • Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.

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